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enMeet ALEC: pHarmony Expands with State-level Matchmakinghttp://polluterharmony.com/love-letter/meet-alec-pharmony-expands-state-level-matchmaking
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks to our new partnership with a service called, “<a href="http://alecexposed.org" target="_blank">ALEC</a>,” pHarmony now offers corporate executives and lobbyists direct access to state-level legislators. See our new <a href="http://www.polluterharmony.com/success_stories" target="_blank">success stories</a> to hear from state lawmakers who are freshly freed of the duty to write their own laws, thanks to ALEC.</p>
<p>“<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/03/alec-funding-crisis-big-donors-trayvon-martin" target="_blank">I’ve always put ALEC first</a>,” one state lawmaker explains, “because of its proven ability to hook me up with powerful people at the hottest energy companies in the country. No more waiting for ideas for bills, no more endless phone calls trying to please people who elected me. ALEC works for me, so I work for ALEC.”</p>
<p>ALEC increases pHarmony’s ability to get dirty ideas into legislators’ heads, with a proven record of pleasing polluters and politicians alike.</p>
<p>Got a crush on coal? ALEC can help you <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/03/457463/koch-funded-alec-behind-state-attempts-to-reclaim-your-public-lands/" target="_blank">hand over</a> public land to coal companies, and even <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/alec-freerider-homeowners-assault-clean-energy" target="_blank">cut incentives</a> to clean energy competitors. Do you gush for Big Oil? ALEC knows that when you frack, you don’t want to worry about the public <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/05/20/obama-admin-approves-alec-model-bill-fracking-chemical-fluid-disclosure-public-lands" target="_blank">noticing</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to broadening our reach, ALEC brings new expertise to pHarmony’s legislator-lobbyist matchmaking, including the <a href="http://gawker.com/the-secret-misspelled-comeback-plan-of-americas-creepi-1475818190" target="_blank">Prodigal Ex</a> program, allowing you to rekindle lost connections and contracts for those whose ember still burns to exert influence in our Statehouses.</p>
<p>“We made the mistake of leaving ALEC for a few months, out of popularity concerns,” one <a href="http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/arizona-public-service-aps-quietly-rejoined-alec-american-legislative-exchange-council-months-after-publicly-leaving-in-2012/" target="_blank">major Arizona utility</a> company explains. “But ALEC isn’t about popularity. ALEC took us back, and it feels great to be reconnecting with Arizona legislators with that special receptiveness we pay to expect. It’s a breath of fresh air to remember how many lawmakers hate solar power if you just pay ALEC to take them to dinner a few times.”</p>
<p>See ALEC featured in pHarmony's new 2014 advertisement:</p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Hgv_BU5zxtE" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p><em>PolluterHarmony: Helping corporations and politicians get in bed together.</em></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>PolluterHarmony and ALEC: New pHarmony video shows expansion of lobbyist-lawmaker matchmaking to the state level.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Descriptive Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/alec">alec</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/american-legislative-exchange-council">american legislative exchange council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/polluter-harmony">polluter harmony</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/pharmony">pharmony</a></div></div></div>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:02:36 +0000cgibson22 at http://polluterharmony.comBilly "Ain't No Sunshine" Seitz matched with American Electric Powerhttp://polluterharmony.com/success-story/billy-aint-no-sunshine-seitz-matched-american-electric-power
<div class="field field-name-field-image-successstory field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://polluterharmony.com/sites/default/files/pharmony-macro-2.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In Ohio, there’s nothing I despise more than clean energy. Just thinking about these homeowner hippies generating their own solar electricity, dancing in the wind...wake up and smell the coal, people! <em><a href="http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-5466-ohios_clean_energy_standards_vs_stalinism.html" target="_blank">Clean energy is Stalinist!</a></em></p>
<p> Okay, okay. So I get a bit bombastic sometimes. But ALEC understands me. ALEC knows the type of brazen, unapologetic <a href="http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/01/15/no-prodigal-sun-alec-doesnt-want-its-clean-energy-members-back/" target="_blank">polluters</a> I’m looking for. Companies I can really count on to make everywhere a place where the sun don’t shine. I’m shivering just writing this!</p>
<p>Thanks to ALEC, I’m connected to coal utilities that treat me right, like American Electric Power and Duke Energy. The hotels, the dinners, the outings that are none-of-your-business, thank you very much...they make me feel like the most important guy on earth. It’s only fair that I return special favors for my very special interests ;)</p>
<p>I won’t write a tell-all, but I can say that King Coal and I love <a href="http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2013/10/30/ohio-koch-alec-and-dirty-energy-cos-attack-clean-energy-jobs/" target="_blank">trying to repeal renewable energy laws</a> together. Even if we <a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/Energy/2013/12/05/Senate-yanks-bill-to-weaken-Ohio-energy-efficiency-rules.html" target="_blank">don’t succeed</a>, it’s the journey that matters, and I prefer the journey that begins in a coal mine and ends in our lungs. :P</p>
<p> Trust a buckeye and give ALEC a try. Everyone needs a dirty little secret.</p>
<p> Kisses,<br />
Billy "Ain't No Sunshine" Seitz<br />
</p>
<p><sub>Photo copyright: University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research: <a href="http://www.kentuckyenergysummit.org/loeffelman.html" target="_blank">http://www.kentuckyenergysummit.org/loeffelman.html</a></sub></p>
<p><sub>Photo copyright: <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/12/04/seitz-now-backing-elimination-of.html?page=all" target="_blank">Columbus Business Journal</a></sub></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Descriptive Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/alec">alec</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/american-legislative-exchange-council">american legislative exchange council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/senator-bill-seitz">senator bill seitz</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/ohio">ohio</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/aep">aep</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/american-electric-power">american electric power</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/paul-loeffelman">paul loeffelman</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/coal">coal</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/utility">utility</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/renewable-portfolio-standard">renewable portfolio standard</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/rps">rps</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/clean-energy">clean energy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/stalin">stalin</a></div></div></div>Sat, 08 Feb 2014 02:35:52 +0000cgibson21 at http://polluterharmony.com“Nebraska Jim” matched with TransCanada Pipelineshttp://polluterharmony.com/success-story/%E2%80%9Cnebraska-jim%E2%80%9D-matched-transcanada-pipelines
<div class="field field-name-field-image-successstory field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://polluterharmony.com/sites/default/files/phormony-macro-1.jpg" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I love tar sands. I wish I had them here at home in Nebraska, so I’m doing all I can to get a piece of the action by building the Keystone XL pipeline through our state.</p>
<p>Luckily for me, pHarmony helped make the connections necessary to see my oily dreams through.</p>
<p> I was nervous when I heard pHarmony was hooking me up with not one, not two but three companies involved in tar sands and Keystone XL. When I showed up for my first <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12160/keystone-academy-where-legislators-learn-etiquette-serving-special-interests" target="_blank">all-expenses paid date</a> in Calgary (Canada!), you can only imagine how wild things got…oil companies are pretty dirty, everyone knows that…. ;)</p>
<p> I can’t tell you everything—<a href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20130703/NEWS/707039853/1707" target="_blank">I didn’t even tell my own constituents</a>—but these oil companies and their Canadian government friends treated me to a flight over the tar sands mines. It was so beautiful, I can still taste the sulfur just thinking about it… They took me out to some nice dinners and even let my legislator friends from other states join me! I felt so comfortable, so important, so…freed from the people of Nebraska! That’s liberty, baby.</p>
<p> After such a wild time in Calgary, I wanted to do something special for TransCanada, Shell and API, so <a href="http://boldnebraska.org/jimsmith" target="_blank">I introduced some legislation</a> to help fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline. It’s the least I could do after all that steak!</p>
<p> You can bet I’ll call ALEC if I ever need help meeting someone in the future—the service is invaluable, and all the secrecy is hot enough to melt the tar right outta my heart!</p>
<p> Nebraska Jim &lt;3<br />
</p>
<p>
<sub>Photo copyright: <a href="http://nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/pictures.php?SenatorID=98" target="_blank">Nebraska Unicameral Information Office</a></sub></p>
<p> Photo copyright: <a href="http://blog.transcanada.com/cbc-safety-concerns-challenged/" target="_blank">TransCanada Corporation</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Descriptive Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/nebraska">nebraska</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/senator-jim-smith">senator jim smith</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/transcanada">transcanada</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/american-petroleum-institute">american petroleum institute</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/shell">shell</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/calgary">calgary</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/alberta">alberta</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/canada">canada</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/tar-sands">tar sands</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/oil">oil</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/alec">alec</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/american-legislative-exchange-council">american legislative exchange council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/descriptive-tags/keystone-xl-pipeline">keystone xl pipeline</a></div></div></div>Sat, 08 Feb 2014 02:28:13 +0000cgibson20 at http://polluterharmony.com